Come on Poland

Appy birf'day to you

Appy birf'day to you,

Appy birf'day dear BO'S,

Appy birf'day tooooo yooouuuuuu.

Have a good day mate.

Not happy at cricket

There was a fire brigade term for it in London, common canine copulation in polite terms. We lacked that today and paid the price.

Good bat / low scoring bat combination means give good bat the one, bowl five dot balls at Mr Low Scoring. Get in on the one when Mr Low Scoring is fcaing and keep him on strike. We failed to do the obvious. That means switching off mentally and that's inexcuseable.

Good day in the kitchen

Nice home made pizzas (tomato and mozarella, one with anchovies and olives, one with mushrooms). Goods lassi this morning. Prawn, muchroom and leaves chinese with oyster and fish sauce.

Proper government

Our (Polish) PM is at the game tonight. Big smile on his face, pleased to be there. Poland scarf around his neck. Remember Nelson Mandella when South Africa won the rugby world cup, dancing on the pitch with the trophy and a replica shirt on? Imagine our lot? Maggie? Tone? Cameron? All busy creaming their knickers over the Olympics, absent from the big tournament now in progress. Playing fields? Sell 'em to developers. Queenie at the Euro 96 final, great game, extra time, looked disgusted. Where's the horses, I'm bored.

Face it, our lot are scared of sport because it's noble, it's a real global language, it's capable of glory and beauty and removed from the filth and deviousness and dirty tricks and nastiness that abounds in politics. They don't understand, don't speak the language, and so are very, very afraid.

It's impossible to feel motivated to vote for any of our lot.

Great finale to first group

The only thing that could make things tighter was for Greece to take the lead against Russia. Greece have taken the lead against Russia. To go through Poland or the Czech Republic must win their game. The thing's blown wide open. Fantastic. Entralling. What does the Olympics offer? Dive into pool. Swim as fast as possible to the other end. Get out of pool. Collect medal if in first three. Yeah. I'll be glued to that spectacle.